Shimizu, one of Japan’s largest contractors, is conducting field trials of humanoid robots controlled by AI on construction sites in response to severe labour shortages and to boost productivity. The…

A mid-year report by Irish construction consultant Linesight has indicated construction markets across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region are being disrupted by energy and external economic factors after starting the…

Japan’s Obayashi Group, one of the country’s five largest construction companies, has announced it will acquire 100% of the shares of UK-headquartered contractor Multiplex from previous owner Brookfield, an investment…

Japanese contractor and materials company Sumitomo Forestry will buy 100% of the shares of Nevada-headquartered Tri Pointe Homes for $4bn. The company claims it is now the fifth largest housebuilder…

A Japanese team of Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) and NEC have created what they describe as a first-of-its-kind AI system that automatically generates reports of near-miss incidents from camera footage…

Japan’s first two-floor, 3D-printed reinforced concrete house has been completed in Miyagi Prefecture, meeting the government’s strict seismic design requirements. Concrete printing startup Kizuki made it with builder Onocom using…

US engineering giant Bechtel yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Commerce to help deliver energy, data-centre and other schemes funded by Japan’s pledge to invest…

Japanese construction giant Taisei Corporation has announced a US$878m (¥130bn) acquisition of Toyo Construction for the equivalent of ¥1,750 per share. If accepted, Toyo Construction will become a fully owned…

Plans have been announced for a 26,000-sq-m Pokémon attraction that will open in 2026 at the Yomiuriland theme park in Inagi, west Tokyo. PokéPark Kanto will be the first permanent…

As tech companies invest heavily in big data centres to meet demand for cloud computing and AI, people in Tokyo’s greater metropolitan area are mounting opposition over concerns about about…

Japanese machinery maker Komatsu will try European forestry machines – harvesters and “forwarders” – in Japan to boost productivity and trim labour needs. It will test the use of the…

French tunneller Bessac is using Japanese pump technology to dewater the land-based sections of a 2GW, high-voltage power line that will cross the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will lend $520m for a 47km expansion of Delhi’s metro The money will fund extensions of lines 1 and 5, and the development of…

Three workers in Japan died Friday after losing consciousness while repairing sewer pipes down a manhole in the city of Oga, Akita Prefecture. The incident happened around 9:30am. First, one…

Management consultant Accenture is forming a joint venture with Japanese conglomerate Infroneer Holdings – which builds and operates infrastructure – to use digital technology to improve infrastructure construction in Japan.…

Tokyo’s government has ruled that beginning in April, detached new-builds above a certain size should be fitted with photovoltaic panels and thermal insulation. This rule will apply to about 50…

Toyota has completed the first phase of ‘Woven City’, a development in Susono City near Mount Fuji with buildings designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels as part of a masterplan by architect Nikken Sekkei.

Bad weather and a chronic labour shortage will delay the completion of an air base on a remote Japanese island by three years, Japan’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) says. Work…